My son recently exploited an ordering system at his workplace which allowed him to override the price of certain products and order almost $125,000. in products for less than $0.50. He then shipped the products to a friends house, picked them up and sold the products online. What kind of charges and punishments for those charges will he be looking at?
2007-08-30 09:25:09 · 12 answers · asked by Concerned Friend 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You'll be baking him a LOT of birthday cakes and driving
to the Big House...
2007-08-30 11:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by sirbobby98121 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the company.
But $125K is a little more than a pad of paper or a paper clip. Id guess the employer will want to make an example of him. He'll probably do his darndest to see that your son gets the worst punishment he could get. Certainly he's going to be fired. Probably he'll have to pay back everything he can. And probably some jail/prison time. Why so harsh? Because in the age of technology where just about anybody can get into any system, it behooves the owners of those systems to make hacking into them undesirable.
It's kind of ironic, but, had your son pointed out the weakness in security, he might have gotten a promotion and a bonus... and it might have amounted to $125K... each year.
Then I'd guess the employer would repair his ordering system... or replace it.
2007-08-30 09:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by gugliamo00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is he over 18? That makes a difference....please get a good attorney....your son may do some time and will have to find a way to pay the money back....but maybe he can get some form of accelerated rehabilitation and community service and probation....but don't spend a lot of time asking Yahoo....go to your lawyers and get real legal advice for your son! Best Wishes!
2007-08-30 09:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would probably depend on the company as to what happens. If he's lucky and this could be a public relations problem for the company, they may just fire him and demand restitution in civil court. If theft has been a problem and they're looking to make an example of someone, he could be on his way to prison for a few years.
2007-08-30 09:43:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fraud, larceny, you know the gamut.
Anyways, get a lawyer for your boy.
Hope you have another son to continue the blood line name cause he is going to prison for a LONG LONG time.
Stealing 125,000 dollars worth of stuff.
Give him some advice, dont drop the powdered soap in prison.
2007-08-30 09:44:16 · answer #5 · answered by Alan C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they find out and want to stick it to him it will be a charge for each item therefor many many felony charges. Hope your son is gay because he will make a great cell block ***** when he goes to prison for a long long time. Best thing you can do is tell him to buy some KY for sore you know what. It will make his life so much easier.
2007-08-30 09:39:46 · answer #6 · answered by hillbilly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in civil court... Actual looses plus damages and attorneys fees. IN the range of $500K is what they will ask for.
Criminally... several felonies and a slew of misdemenors.
You son needs an attorney asap. He is a heap of trouble.
2007-08-30 09:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by gabeerwin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct charges. Dont confuse this with something good or helpful,if it was from a work computer system they trusted him/her to be honest and to do the work they were hired to do.
2007-08-30 09:29:46 · answer #8 · answered by keithleyjustin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damn, sorry mom (for some reason, by BS-meter is going off), but I think your son is looking at quite a bit of time.
2007-08-30 09:33:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Felony Embezzelment = Big fine + time in the can
2007-08-30 09:30:24 · answer #10 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋